Country size comparison

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Afghanistan is about 393 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 39,221% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Afghanistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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